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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Finally a version to challenge Whitney Houston's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3AJcb61xs

Not the best youtube quality video but it showcases plenty.

That's my girl. Most of you probably don't watch America's got talent but it took one second for me to catch her audition and I knew she was special. She came in 2nd, in a voting format, luckily this year against a real #1 Las Vegas worthy act, but it doesn't matter.

Remember the name Angelica Hale. She's 10. Each of the bigger songs she took on during her run on AGT she was able to take to a higher level, live in front of a studio audience without the aid of studio enhancement.

She's onto big things. Big big things. Mariah, Dion, Houston, as big as that.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Finally a version to challenge Whitney Houston's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3AJcb61xs

Not the best youtube quality video but it showcases plenty.

That's my girl. Most of you probably don't watch America's got talent but it took one second for me to catch her audition and I knew she was special. She came in 2nd, in a voting format, luckily this year against a real #1 Las Vegas worthy act, but it doesn't matter.

Remember the name Angelica Hale. She's 10. Each of the bigger songs she took on during her run on AGT she was able to take to a higher level, live in front of a studio audience without the aid of studio enhancement.

She's onto big things. Big big things. Mariah, Dion, Houston, as big as that.

Challenging Whitney for 2nd place?

The GOAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Finally a version to challenge Whitney Houston's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3AJcb61xs

Not the best youtube quality video but it showcases plenty.

That's my girl. Most of you probably don't watch America's got talent but it took one second for me to catch her audition and I knew she was special. She came in 2nd, in a voting format, luckily this year against a real #1 Las Vegas worthy act, but it doesn't matter.

Remember the name Angelica Hale. She's 10. Each of the bigger songs she took on during her run on AGT she was able to take to a higher level, live in front of a studio audience without the aid of studio enhancement.

She's onto big things. Big big things. Mariah, Dion, Houston, as big as that.

Challenging Whitney for 2nd place?

The GOAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A

Nothing comes close, and I LOVE a lot of versions (Jimi, Whitney, etc. )

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Finally a version to challenge Whitney Houston's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3AJcb61xs

Not the best youtube quality video but it showcases plenty.

That's my girl. Most of you probably don't watch America's got talent but it took one second for me to catch her audition and I knew she was special. She came in 2nd, in a voting format, luckily this year against a real #1 Las Vegas worthy act, but it doesn't matter.

Remember the name Angelica Hale. She's 10. Each of the bigger songs she took on during her run on AGT she was able to take to a higher level, live in front of a studio audience without the aid of studio enhancement.

She's onto big things. Big big things. Mariah, Dion, Houston, as big as that.

Challenging Whitney for 2nd place?
The GOAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A

Nothing comes close, and I LOVE a lot of versions (Jimi, Whitney, etc. )

I love this comment:

"He did the impossible: made The Star Spangled Banner a good song."

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

Yes, she has a beautiful voice, but boy has she been overcoached. Those flourishes ruin the song for me, whenever anyone does it.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Finally a version to challenge Whitney Houston's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3AJcb61xs

Not the best youtube quality video but it showcases plenty.

That's my girl. Most of you probably don't watch America's got talent but it took one second for me to catch her audition and I knew she was special. She came in 2nd, in a voting format, luckily this year against a real #1 Las Vegas worthy act, but it doesn't matter.

Remember the name Angelica Hale. She's 10. Each of the bigger songs she took on during her run on AGT she was able to take to a higher level, live in front of a studio audience without the aid of studio enhancement.

She's onto big things. Big big things. Mariah, Dion, Houston, as big as that.

Challenging Whitney for 2nd place?
The GOAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A

Nothing comes close, and I LOVE a lot of versions (Jimi, Whitney, etc. )

I love this comment:

"He did the impossible: made The Star Spangled Banner a good song."

Never heard that one before. Totally unexpected and certainly unique. Not sure it resonates with me though.

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Finally a version to challenge Whitney Houston's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3AJcb61xs

Not the best youtube quality video but it showcases plenty.

That's my girl. Most of you probably don't watch America's got talent but it took one second for me to catch her audition and I knew she was special. She came in 2nd, in a voting format, luckily this year against a real #1 Las Vegas worthy act, but it doesn't matter.

Remember the name Angelica Hale. She's 10. Each of the bigger songs she took on during her run on AGT she was able to take to a higher level, live in front of a studio audience without the aid of studio enhancement.

She's onto big things. Big big things. Mariah, Dion, Houston, as big as that.

Challenging Whitney for 2nd place?
The GOAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A

Nothing comes close, and I LOVE a lot of versions (Jimi, Whitney, etc. )

I love this comment:

"He did the impossible: made The Star Spangled Banner a good song."

Never heard that one before. Totally unexpected and certainly unique. Not sure it resonates with me though.

If you love Whitney, this performance should resonate with you. What an incredible talent:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ac1kw

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

There was a lot of talent on the show this year....Angelica Hale should be on Disney like yesterday with the girl named after Celine Dion.

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

Yes, she has a beautiful voice, but boy has she been overcoached. Those flourishes ruin the song for me, whenever anyone does it.

Don't watch those silly shows, this may not be the same thing, got tired of Whitney Houston because it became apparent she was in love with her own voice.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

There was a lot of talent on the show this year....Angelica Hale should be on Disney like yesterday with the girl named after Celine Dion.

The most talent if you consider there hasn't been a stronger top 2.

Celine Tam is nothing. A limited robot performer her dad has sculpted to make a buck off of. I could see her struggling to win local contests against just singers her age. She is several definitive steps below Angelica. I'd guess Lynn would prefer her style to Angelica's. (not to trying to pick on ya Lynn, it's just topical based on what you said you didn't like - but I could be wrong and that you only meant it for Anthem singing)

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

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ORIGINAL: Phil Riewer

There was a lot of talent on the show this year....Angelica Hale should be on Disney like yesterday with the girl named after Celine Dion.

The most talent if you consider there hasn't been a stronger top 2.

Celine Tam is nothing. A limited robot performer her dad has sculpted to make a buck off of. I could see her struggling to win local contests against just singers her age. She is several definitive steps below Angelica. I'd guess Lynn would prefer her style to Angelica's. (not to trying to pick on ya Lynn, it's just topical based on what you said you didn't like - but I could be wrong and that you only meant it for Anthem singing)

I kind of feel the same way for any song - not just the anthem. I appreciate a good voice (because I can only croak), but it just feels so phony to me when someone does excessive voice modulation, kind of like when someone takes a one syllable word and turns it into two syllables. Maybe I'm a purist and didn't know it. Just sing the song with the notes that were written for it.

One of the things I like so much about Whitney's version is her heartfelt emphasis. Like when she sings the part "Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave" she REALLY sings the words, emphasizing each one. She didn't need to doodle away the notes, her voice and those words gave me chills.

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTnsJfu-Zbk

Al Angelica's AGT performances.

Like I said, she takes big songs and not only works them live, she takes parts of them to different levels than the original artist does in a recording studio.

Evidence:
Rise up. 3 min mark.
Girl on fire. 5:25 mark the extension of that note.
Clarity: 8:50 mark. The extension of THAT note. Perhaps the best example because right after she's still singing big. Also the whistle at 9:20 with the finish. (bet Lynn wouldn't like it)
Symphony: She simple sings the chorus better an bigger. Also a bigger finish with a better whistle (I can imagine Lynn really bristling at that)


The only detraction right now, and at 10 there is nothing she can do and will grow out of it; is some of her base notes have too much childlike tone to them. Some. And like I said she'll grow out of that. And get bigger. She's already come a long ways in 2 years.

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ORIGINAL: bohumm

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

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ORIGINAL: Todd M

Finally a version to challenge Whitney Houston's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3AJcb61xs

Not the best youtube quality video but it showcases plenty.

That's my girl. Most of you probably don't watch America's got talent but it took one second for me to catch her audition and I knew she was special. She came in 2nd, in a voting format, luckily this year against a real #1 Las Vegas worthy act, but it doesn't matter.

Remember the name Angelica Hale. She's 10. Each of the bigger songs she took on during her run on AGT she was able to take to a higher level, live in front of a studio audience without the aid of studio enhancement.

She's onto big things. Big big things. Mariah, Dion, Houston, as big as that.

Challenging Whitney for 2nd place?

The GOAT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvVzaQ6i8A

Nothing comes close, and I LOVE a lot of versions (Jimi, Whitney, etc. )

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ORIGINAL: Lynn G.

I put my money (and my time) where my mouth is. I applied for a spot on a team that is going to the US Virgin Islands for hurricane relief work and heard a couple of days ago that I'm in. I'll be going to St. Thomas for a week in January with a group called All Hands Volunteers. They're A rated - right up there with Red Cross.

I have to pay my own airfare, but they put us up in a church and feed us. It'll be mostly dirty work, like tearing down walls in homes, doing mold amelioration and putting up new walls. I guess I'll know more when I get there. When I applied I indicated I would go to either Puerto Rico or St. Thomas and they assigned me St. Thomas because they don't yet have a team in Puerto Rico. They DO have teams in Texas and Florida, and they also have earthquake relief teams in South America and Nepal.

If any of you have an interest in doing hurricane relief work I highly suggest contacting All Hands Volunteers. I'm anticipating hard work, but a very satisfying experience. I'll be keeping a journal and blogging about it when I get home. I can't do it while I'm there because there will be no wi-fi where I'm staying. I guess I'll be weaned from my daily fix here!